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Robert MASSON

Regimental number2099
Place of birthScotland
SchoolPublic Board School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address217 Bourke Street, East Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elizabeth Masson, 33 Carlow Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name33rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/50/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialCrucifix Corner Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 17), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
122
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Helen MASSON; husband of Elizabeth MASSON, Tourello Avenue, Upper Hawthorn, Melbourne. Native of Kirriemuir, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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